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Finding A Career Path Just For You
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April 2014
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Presenters for this webinar are : Pennsylvania Department of Education Bureau of Career and Technical Education Katherine C. Simchock Division Manager for Professional Development and Support Services Charles Sabulski State Administrator for Career Counseling Services 333 Market Street, 11th Floor Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333
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PA Careerzone Website
The PA Careerzone website is for anyone who is interested in learning more about careers that are specific to Pennsylvania. It provides resources for career exploration, research, and planning to be use in the classroom by students and job seekers interested in finding information on careers. www.pacareerzone.org
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Provides Career Exploration, with the Ability to:
Assess your career match;
Assess information on over 900 occupations;
Explore profiles of Pennsylvania specific opportunities of occupations;
Create a individual portfolio account;
Develop career pathways;
Research Pennsylvania colleges that align to career paths;
Create a personalized resume; and
Find current job opening in Pennsylvania .
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This is a screen shot of the website’s
front page.
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Take a Tour of Pennsylvania CareerZone Click the Take The Tour button to play the video which will provide you with a general overview of the features that the system has to offer. It takes approximately six minutes.
Ways to Get Started : Introduction
Students
Register for an Account Take an Interest Profiler Explore Occupations Create a Plan Journals Resumes Colleges Research
Job Seekers Identify Occupations to
Pursue Create a Resume and
Cover letter Find Job Openings
Educators
Explore Occupations Portfolio Summary Report
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User Guide Online
Go to the top menu; select DECIDE; then BRANCH OUT; then ADDITIONAL RESOURCES; which takes you to a menu of items; and select User’s Guide for PA CareerZone.
This is a screen shot of the User's Guide page.
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Navigate Three Major Components
Assess Yourself
Three different ways to determine what careers are best for you
Explore Careers
22 different career clusters to select from to review careers
Budget Your Life Aligning your lifestyle with your paycheck
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Three Assessments to Choose Quick Assessments
Explore jobs that best match your personality. Are you realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, or conventional? Find out with this quick assessment.
Interest Profiler
Discover what your interests are, and how they relate to the world of work. The Interest Profiler helps you decide what kinds of occupations and jobs you might want to explore based on your interests.
Skills Profiler
What skills have you acquired through your jobs and other activities? The Skills Profiler can help you explore occupations that require your skillset.
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There are 22 career clusters for identification of careers.
This website has information on over 900 Pennsylvania occupations.
Occupational titles that are marked
with a small television indicate there is a video clip which demonstrates actual job performance.
Explore Careers
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In addition, careers are aligned to key areas of interest across the career clusters
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) HPO (High Priority Occupations) for Pennsylvania Only SOAR (Students Occupationally and Academically Ready) for Program of Study (POS)
Explore Careers
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This is a screen shot of the
clusters page.
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Exploring an Occupation
About the Job What They Do – Video Interest and Work Valve Things They Need to Know Thing They Need to be Able to Do Education Requirements Wages and Outlook Common College Majors Create a Career Plan Find a Job
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Researching Colleges that align to career path. Click the link Find Institutions Offering Computer Support
Specialist to review the current list of Pennsylvania institutions and colleges that offers that specific program.
Each program prepares individuals to provide technical assistance, support, and advice.
Click the college link to learn more about costs, location, and general information about the institute.
The filter will let you search colleges in other states too.
Education to Acquire Occupation
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Budget Your Life Assist students to match their desired lifestyle to a budget which is a necessity for financial success. Students estimates how much money they will have available to spend after selecting an occupation. Students will be asked a series of questions about different
aspects of their lifestyles to help determine the amount of money they will need.
This information is helpful in planning future employment in different counties of Pennsylvania. Database is Pennsylvania specific cost of living.
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Register for an Account Take an Interest Profiler
Explore Occupations
Take Notes
Create a Plan Portfolio Summary Report Custom User Report
Show Assessment Show Flagged items Show Journal Entries
Assessment Summaries
Results of your Assessment
Developing An Individual Portfolio
Below is an example for students who are exploring careers and develop a career plan using PA Careerzone website.
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Skills Profiler You completed the Skills Profiler
Work Importance Profiler
You have not completed
Assessment Matches
The table below contains occupations that were part of one or more of your assessment test results. A checkmark will appear under each assessment that an occupation is in, and the total aggregate sore will be displayed in the last column.
Title Rating Appears In
Overall Score IP WIP SP
Continue: Developing Individual Portfolio
Saving and Sharing Career Research
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Once you are registered, you may want to share your results with teachers and parents or save it for a later date to review by using the portfolio menu. Journal – Write down thoughts and information
History – Save files to review
Share - Email, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn,
Tumblr, or Google+ Print – Profiles, resume, and letters
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Job Seeking
Below are examples how jobseekers can use the PA Careerzone website, who are looking for their first job, or are transitioning from an existing job.
Register for an Account Identify Occupations to Pursue - Quick Assessment, Job
Family, Job Title
Create a Resume and Cover Letter - Resume Builder, Cover Letter Builder
Find Job Openings – current jog openings in all states
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Resume Builder The resume builder will allow you to create resumes that you can send to potential employers. You can create as many as you would like so feel free to create a different one tailored towards whatever situation you may encounter. Create a resume
Leading questions
Choice of style of resume
Final resume can be modified and/or saved
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Getting Started
When you first come to the resume builder you will be presented with the option to create a new resume, as illustrated in figure 1 below.
Figure 1
If you have already created a resume, you will see a listing of your resumes with a button to create a new one at the bottom of the table, as illustrated in figure 2.
Figure 2
Click on the Create button to begin.
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Create an account
Complete an assessment (Interest Profiler, Work Importance Profiler, Skills Profiler)
Welcome to the Interest Profiler, review and complete an Interest Profiler If you choose to start a new assessment your previous answers will be
permanently lost If you are sure you want to re-start the assessment choose the continue
option
Counselors Working with Students The following is an example how to use PA CareerZone in a classroom setting. It focuses on how you walk students through the activities and collect their reports to use for further guidance.
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Continue: Counselors Working with Students Discover what your interests are and how they relate to the world of work.
The Interest Profiler helps you decide what kinds of occupations and jobs students might want to explore based on your interest.
Review and compare with the Interest Profiler:
• Select an option to begin • Start a new Interest Profiler • Resume Interest Profiler • View results
Have you taken the Interest Profiler in the past? If you know your score
for each of the six interest categories you can enter them directly. You can take the assessment in another language. You will find a printable
PDF in Spanish, Vietnamese and Chinese.
• Explore occupations (Quick Assessment, Job Family, Job Title) • Portfolio Summary Report
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Educators Working with Students
The following is a example of how educators use PA CareerZone in a classroom setting. It focuses on how you can walk students through the activities and collect a report on their results that you can use for further guidance.
Create Accounts
Before beginning their career exploration, it is recommended that students create an account with PA CareerZone. While this step is not required, without and account some of the tools listed below, like the Journal, will not be available. Registering for an account will enable students to pick up where they left off each time they return to PA CareerZone.
Administer an Assessment
PA CareerZone features several assessments that can help students determine occupations in which they may be interested. Depending on the experience of the students they may want to start with one test before they start others.
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Continue: Educators Working with Students Here’s a breakdown of which test may be most useful for students:
Administer an Assessment
Interest Profiler Work Importance Profiler Skills Profiler
Explore Occupations
Quick Assessment Job Family Job Title
Portfolio Summary Report After your students have identified occupations and colleges, you can review their results by viewing their summary report. To print out a summary of their exploration, select Portfolio Summary Report.
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The mission of the department is to academically prepare children and adults to succeed as productive citizens. The department seeks to ensure that the technical support, resources and opportunities are in place for all students, whether children or adults, to receive a high quality education.
Questions about PA CareerZone, or career education and work standards should be directed to:
Charles Sabulski State Administrator for Career Counseling Services Bureau of Career and Technical Education Pennsylvania Department of Education 333 Market Street, 11th Floor Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333 717.783.6991 717.783.8445 (fax) [email protected] www.education.state.pa.us
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Finding A Career Path Just For You
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Thank you for participating in this webinar.
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